171. The hometown wine is fragrant

Around the evening, the car arrived in Ordos, and there were already Shandan's second uncle, second aunt and Mao Dan's daughter-in-law Shu Ya waiting in the hotel.

They want to treat the Shandan family to a meal from their hometown. A plate of fried oil cakes with chopped green onions, a plate of fried cakes, a plate of shredded potatoes with vinegar, a large plate of lamb leg sticks and bones, a pot of mutton soup noodles, and a large plate of pork sauerkraut and potato stewed vermicelli. Eating and drinking in large bowls and plates is the most accustomed way of eating in Inner Mongolia. Because the temperature in the Saibei Plateau is low all year round, in order to prevent the food from becoming cold, so the history has been passed down, and most of the home-cooked dishes are stewed or stewed to eat.

Due to the scarcity of vegetables and the fact that most of the people in Inner Mongolia have become accustomed to pasta, meat, and dairy food, the usual home-cooked meals are a large pot of stewed vegetables and a cage of white flour steamed buns. Of course, stewed vegetables are a combination of highly nutritious foods: pork, potatoes, tofu, sauerkraut, vermicelli, most of which are like this, and each meal is eaten with steamed buns with a bowl of hot stew, which is naturally higher in calories and is better used to resist the cold of Saibei. If you fry a few dishes per meal like the southerners, and don't wait for the last plate to be served, the fried dishes in front of you will already cool down.

Beef and mutton are also the home-cooked food of Mongolians, and there are countless ways to make and eat: boiled mutton, shabu mutton, fried mutton, stewed mutton, boiled mutton, roast mutton, stewed mutton...... This kind of food and regional climate environment give the Mongolians a sturdy and rugged body, and also give them a bold, turbulent and rugged character.

Mongolians have a habit of drinking, and their national integrity is indissolubly related to wine, and it is also in the cold season to increase the supply of excess calories. Gradually, it has become a national custom, and every distinguished guest must drink three silver bowls of wine in the graceful dance of the Mongolian people and the melodious Mongolian long tune and toasting song for the first time, which is enough to see the boldness and uninhibited of the Mongolians, and also see the amount of practice they have cultivated under the daily edification. But not every distinguished guest can afford such a large amount of drinking, in the minds of the Mongols, if you are willing to drink his toast, it means that you look up to him, are willing to become good friends with him, and they will pay you all their hearts.

Often, many guests collapsed before the three bowls of wine were finished, and they all got under the table.

In order to invigorate the economy, Inner Mongolia has also increased the development of tourism. The special plateau geographical scenery has gradually attracted the favor of travel enthusiasts all over the country, but the good times do not last long, after every tourist who comes to travel arrives at the tourist point, the enthusiastic Mongolian tour guide will be in accordance with the customs of their nationality, give each guest enough to drink three bowls of wine, the guests in order to take care of the national customs of others, bite the head to deal with it, gradually the amount of alcohol is small and unwilling to drink the tourists will talk about Inner Mongolia tourism and the color changes, the number of tourists is getting smaller and smaller, the local government only found out that it is their enthusiasm and good wine to scare the tourists away.

Through the efforts of governments at all levels and the work of tour guides and hosts at various tourist spots, their customs have gradually changed into a new fashion of singing and dancing and drinking freely, and the tourism industry has been in full swing.

Shandan looked at the table of delicacies that could no longer contain his hungry stomach, and hurriedly washed his hands and began to eat. Even Xiaoyu didn't care about it, holding a sheep stick and bone like a wolf biting a tender and delicious lamb, that greedy and greedy look made the second aunt sitting next to her smile.

Among the many nephews and nieces, the second aunt especially likes this niece who grew up with Mao Dan'er, since he was a child, this child has been eccentric and elf, reasonable, and extremely smart, and Mao Dan'er often goes home to eat, study and play together, the sister and brother have never quarreled, and the second aunt has loved Shandan since she was a child.

Gu Haiping looked at Shandan gobbling up, and reminded softly with a smile: "No one is robbing you, eat slowly." It's like you haven't eaten for three days, and you look like a hungry wolf pounces on food, which makes people laugh. ”

"No jokes! What are the family laughing at? I like my sister's informal character, not fake, real. Shu Ya said with a smile.

Shandan smiled and stared at Gu Haiping mischievously, swallowed the meat in his mouth a little, and said, "Hehe, you're red-eyed, right? I'm hungry, and when I see so many delicious foods, I can't help the cravings in my stomach." Regardless of you, I'll eat a meal first. Mind yourselves!"

"Eat, do it quickly, I don't pay attention to it so much, come, Xiaoyu and Douding have also eaten, what about a big stick and bone for each person?"

"Mom, you eat so deliciously!" Xiao Yu looked at her mother's eating appearance, and her saliva was about to come down. Stretched out his hand to take the bones handed over by the second grandmother, and also learned from his mother to gnaw them.

"Quick, quick, do it! This is a bone and not a patient, no need to study, just eat it with your mouth." Mao Dan'er handed a big stick bone to Gu Haiping and said with a smile.

"Hehehe, I'll study where to eat better. Gu Haiping deliberately pretended to be elegant. Makes everyone laugh.

Watching Xiaoyu eat meat in a big way, Douding, who is usually not very interested in eating, also learned from her sister to eat it. Douding has always grown up with grandma, grandma and grandpa are very fond of it, that is the love of the moon who is reluctant to fool with the stars. So when I was a child, I never lacked pocket money, and I never had a shortage of snacks, so that the child fed his stomach with snacks every day, and the main meal was just for the occasion. Unlike urban people raising children, a family of four is more often than six people working together around a child, serving bowls, feeding rice, feeding water and soup, wiping mouths, and coaxing each other. The children raised are not necessarily strong, most of them are bean sprouts.

Eating a good meal is already the beginning of the lanterns, after a day of travel, everyone is already sleepy, Mao Dan'er booked a hotel room close to home to the Shandan family, a qiē operation is complete, everyone stopped not to mention.

It's just that the second aunt has been looking forward to the stars and the moon for a long time before looking forward to coming back, and she can't pull her home, and she feels a little regretful, and asks vigorously: "Shandan, don't you go back to the second aunt's house with the second aunt to live?" Mao Dan'er pulled her mother and said, "After a day of driving, they are all tired, you go back to sleep first, and I will pick them up to you early tomorrow morning." ”

The second aunt came to Ordos with Mao Dan'er, and the house she lived in was a small house, which couldn't accommodate so many people, and it was not convenient to live. Mao Dan'er's house is not big, and Mao Dan'er is a very hearted person, and he is afraid that he will treat his sister and brother-in-law's family slowly, not because he sees the outside, but because he really wants to give them a good rest.

Shandan looked at Gu Haiping and asked for his opinion in his eyes, Gu Haiping nodded lightly, expressing his willingness to stay in the hotel. Shandan and the second aunt held hands and talked for a while, asking Mao Dan'er to send the second uncle and aunt home first, and said that he would go over to eat the second aunt's mutton dumplings early the next morning, and the second aunt reluctantly walked to Mao Dan'er's car step by step.

This warm family affection is the warmth that Shandan always remembers in her heart when she travels thousands of miles away, such as the warm sun in March, which gives her infinite warmth and comfort. Every time Gu Haiping returns to the riverside grassland, he will feel the love and respect of his relatives, or the friendliness and kindness of his fellow villagers, and he will also be very moved.

Just after taking a shower and preparing to rest, there was a knock on the door, and Shandan asked loudly, "Who?"

Outside the door was Dou Ding who replied loudly: "Auntie, it's me, my mother and I will send you watermelons." ”

There were Shu Ya and Dou Ding standing outside the door, Shandan opened the door and called Shu Ya to come in, Dou Ding handed half of the watermelon in his arms to Shandan, Shu Ya said goodbye to Shandan and said: "The watermelon here is very sweet and sandy, Dou Ding must send half of it to Sister Xiaoyu when he opens one." Sister, you can rest, we won't go in. ”

Shu Ya is a native of Ordos, she is beautiful, tall, and very generous, benevolent, and open-minded, but her education is not high, and she has no need to say that she is good for Mao Dan'er, she has a deep love for worship, she loves Mao Dan'er in her own way, and runs the family. It is also Shu Ya's idea to take care of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, and she is also very filial and respectful to the elderly. Shandan often comforts Mao Daner to have such a brother-in-law who lives with him wholeheartedly. With Mao Dan'er's character, only such a woman with a gentle personality and a center of gravity with him as the center is suitable for him.

After falling asleep deeply, Shandan woke up under the brilliant light of the plateau sun, and found that Gu Haiping beside him was nowhere to be seen, and Xiaoyu was still lying on another bed, sleeping sweetly, grinding his teeth and chattering from time to time.

Get up and stretch, open the curtains, and the sun will immediately rush in, so that the sunny morning is really refreshing. Gu Haiping opened the door and came in, and asked, "Woke up, don't you sleep lazy?"

"What are you doing? I woke up and wanted to go see my second aunt earlier. Shandan leaned on Gu Haiping's chest and said.

"Well, I woke up and went around and looked around. Gu Haiping hugged Shandan tightly with his arms, and the cool high bridge of his nose was attached to Shandan's face. The early autumn mornings on the plateau are already quite cool.

"What do you see?" Shandan asked.

"When you see the neat and clean streets and fruit trees, it seems that many yards are planted with fruit trees, and the climate here seems to be completely different from the climate of the riverside grassland, there can be pear trees, apple trees, grape vines. I saw that every fruit tree was full of fruit. Gu Haiping rubbed his face against Shandan and said.

"It seems that when Mao Daner first came to Ordos, he said that there were a few fruit trees planted in the yard of his father-in-law's house, and we will go and see it later. Shandan got up and went to wash and tidy up.

Gu Haiping looked at Xiao Yu, who was not honest in sleeping on the bed, the quilt had already been kicked aside, his little buttocks were pouting, sleeping on his stomach, the crystal saliva was hanging on his mouth, and the licking of calves in Gu Haiping's eyes was deeply revealed. Cover the quilt for the child, and sit down by the way to look at Xiao Yu stupidly, with a high forehead, thick hair, eyebrows, long black eyelashes, a high nose bridge, and small lips, which places are like Shandan? What places are like himself? Gu Haiping thought stupidly: big eyes, high nose bridge, high forehead, slender and long hands and feet, and the little finger hidden on his feet are all very similar to himself. The small lips and face shape are still like Shandan, without the roughness of the northerners and Mongolians, and have the soft face of Shandan. Looking at his beautiful and healthy daughter, Gu Haiping's heart was sweet. The mother-in-law was right: when he did something, Shandan raised the child. Today, his heart is always full of sweetness and gratitude.